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  Urban and Megacities disaster risk reduction: manual of sound practices

  Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative, 2007

  Disaster risk reduction (DRR) is an important component for achieving sustainable development of cities and progress towards the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals. This manual is a disaster risk communication tool aimed at facilitating the understanding of disaster vulnerabilities and risk to megacities and large complex urban areas.
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  Health-financing reforms in southeast Asia: challenges in achieving universal coverage

  The Lancet, 2011

  Health-financing reforms in seven south-east-Asian countries are reviewed in this study. Those countries have sought to reduce dependence on out-of-pocket payments, increase pooled health finance, and expand service, stepping towards universal coverage. The document introduces these concerned facts: 
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  Changing their world 2nd edition

  Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2011

  This selection of four new case studies are an addition to the well received ‘Changing Their World’, publication from 2008, which contained ten case studies and considered what we mean by women’s movements, what makes a movement feminist, and the key issues facing women’s and feminist movements today. These further four case studies focus on:
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  Health sector response to gender-based violence: case studies of the Asia Pacific region

  United Nations Population Fund, 2010

  This report brings together seven case studies on gender-based violence (GBV) in seven Asian/Pacific countries, and reviews the specific healthcare delivered to its victims there.
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  Evaluation Report of the UNIFEM Programme Facilitating CEDAW Implementation in Southeast Asia (CEDAW SEAP)

  United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2008

  Are women's human rights being met in Southeast Asia?
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  Integrating mental health into primary care for displaced populations: the experience of Mindanao, Philippines

  PubMed Central, 2011

  For more than fourty years, episodes of violence in the Mindanao conflict have recurrently led to civilian displacement. In 2008, Medecins Sans Frontieres set up a mental health programme integrated into primary health care in Mindanao Region. This article describes a model of mental health care and the characteristics and outcomes of patients attending mental health services.
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  Tackling corruption for governing REDD in the Philippines

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2011

  National efforts to reverse forest degradation in the Philippines have taken on a new dimension in the context of recent international focus on mitigating the effects of climate change.
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  Community based homecare for older people in South East Asia

  HelpAge International, 2011

  This paper outlines the growing need for community-based home care for older people in South East Asia. It explains the model of home care introduced by HelpAge Korea in collaboration with HelpAge International in the 10 countries of ASEAN.
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  Women’s Political Participation in the Philippines – Conversations, reflections and recommendations

  One World Action, 2009

  This is a comprehensive report on feminist movement history in the Philippines – from voting rights to current issues, such as gender quotas – drawing on the insights and reflections of key female leaders.
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  Advocacy, communication and social mobilization for TB control: collection of country-level good practices

  World Health Organization, 2010

  This document - born out of the need for practical examples of the fifth component of the Stop TB Strategy: “Empower people with TB, and communities through partnership” - contains good practice examples of country-level Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilisation (ACSM).

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